The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-02

Indianapolis Defeated by New YorL's Super
Tor Fielding and Batting.

Indianapolis Defeated by New York's Super
Tor Fielding and Batting.
Another uninteresting game of ball was
played on the Athletic grounds yesterday after
noon by the New York and Indianapolis clubs
The visitors took the lead in the beginning and
kept SO far ahead throughout the eight innings
that were played that the spectators were given
no reason for even hoping that the home club
might win The visitors gaye an exhibition of
the kind of ball playing that is always pretty
sure to win. Their fielding. out and in, was
about near perfect as is ever
seen. the solitary credited to the club be-
ing wild pitch by Keefe and that would not
have been counted error if there had not
been an Indianapolis player third base to take
advantage of it. 1t was the kind of ball-playing
that the Indianapolis people have been hoping to
see by TIE home club. Keefe pitched effectively
as he always does, but still the Indianapolis
players made nine of the safest kind of hits off of
his delivery, two of them being good for two
bases each
Healy. the pitcher for the home club, was un-
usually wild in his work He sent six men to
hrst base called balls. besides making two
wild pitches, and the only one of the visitors he
puzzled very much was his opponent In the box
Keefe, whom he struck out three times Healy
also made an error by mufing easy fly in the
eighth inning, which probably cost four runs.
Hacket seemed to have some difficulty in catch
ing Healys pitching, and in consequence the
New York players succeeded in stealing at least
three bases on him when he might have thrown
them out.
The effects of the poor playing of the home
club during the last week. and the disgraceful
occurrence Of last Monday night, was reflected
IL empty seats in the grand stand, not more
than seven or eight persons being in attendance.
At The close of the first half of the fourth
inning. when the score stood to 2 in favor of
New York, time was called by the umpire on
account of rain, although the visitors,
who were very much afraid that enough
OF the game would not be played to give them
victory, impatiently insisted continuance
OF the playing. After a delay of half an hour,
Pearce ordered that the game should be re.
sumed, although the grounds were in no fit con-
diton for playing. 1t necessary to scatter
several wheel-barrow loads of saw-dust about
the pitchers box and the home plate to cover up
the mud and water. Throughout the game
rearces umprlng was, to say the least. rather
erratic, and II contributed as much to the dissat
lsfsctcn of the crowd as the weak playing of
the home team. In all doubtful cases, his de-
cisions we're against Indianapolis
The five runs of the Indianapolis club were
made IN the first. third, sixth and seventh inn
ings- Seery scored in the first inning by get
ting TO first base on called balls, aud a hit by
Myers crossing the plate while Myers was being
put out in an attempt to steal second. In the
third inning Seery again scored by making a
hit, and coming home on a two-b base hit by
Denny. In the sixth inning Denny made the
third run by getting first called balls, a hit
by Myers and a wild pitch by Keefe. Bassett's
two-base hit, Cahlls HIT Hackett's out to
Dorgan and Healys hit, in the seventh inning,
brought in two runs.
The two runs of the New Yorks in the first
inning were made on Ewing's getting his base
on balls steal &c second, Wards hit and a hit
to right field by Gore Four runs were added
70 their score IN the second inning by Dorean's
wo-Dagees hits by Ewing, Ward and Connor,
and passed ball. Thr ee more were made in
the third inning by O'Rourke getting first on
Dennys low throw to Shomberg, a hit by
Ilernan. passed ball, single by Dorgan and
q three Dagger by Richardson. The four runs in
the eighth inning were scored on Healys muff
Of a fly knocked straight up from homo plate
by Ewing. followed by Connor and Gore being
sent TO FIRST base on balls, and o Rourke making
a two-oase hit, with singles by Herman and
DorRan.
Al the end of the eighth inning the game was
called on account of darkness Following is the